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University Consortium of Applied Hypersonics Seminar Series: High-Speed Aerodynamics Portfolio
July 27, 2021 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
Event participants will be limited to individuals who have submitted a request to participate in the consortium. To register your interest, please complete the “Request to Participate” form on the UCAH membership page.
Abstract
The Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFRL/AFOSR) mission is that “We Discover, Shape, and Champion Bold, High Risk, High Reward Basic Research to profoundly impact the United States Air Force and Space Force.” The High-Speed Aerodynamics Portfolio adheres to that mission and operates with the primary goal of pursuing science unique to hypersonic flight; in particular, as it relates to heat, drag and control. In this portfolio, the research largely falls into 4 subareas: boundary layer physics, shock/boundary layer interactions, fluid structure interactions and non-equilibrium flows.
RSVP by 5:00 pm on July 26, 2021.
Dr. Sarah Popkin joined the Air Force Office of Scientific Research as a Program Officer in September 2020. She manages the High-Speed Aerodynamics program, which funds basic research pursuing an understanding of the fundamental physics driving high-speed aerodynamic vehicle design with a focus on hypersonic flight. Stemming from her early career at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Popkin also has 10 years of experience developing aerodynamic and trajectory models for several Department of Defense organizations including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the United States Air Force and Office of Naval Research. She has experience generating simulations for a range of vehicles, including subsonic unmanned air vehicles, supersonic threat missiles, conceptual hypersonic vehicles and hydrodynamic submarine modeling.
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Joint Hypersonics Transition Office
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology